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but chris christie also wants to advance chris christie. new jersey is a lot for obama -- is a lock for obama. nobody thinks it's going to vote for mitt romney and nowhere in this conversation he said the president has been outstanding. i talked to him three times. he is gushing over his admiration and i'm sure mitt romney would do the same thing. mitt romney is nowhere near mentioned in this whole thing. and so it allows the president to stand next to a republican and evoke bipartisanship and saying that the president rises to the occasion and chris christie looks like a cheerleader. >> cover that state house in trenton years ago. i can tell you if you a republican you better get along with democrats because there are plenty of them. fox 5 political analyst, we thank you. >>> the president gets back into it full swing tomorrow and heads back on the campaign trails for the remainder of the campaign. >> two and a half hours where the polls close at early voting. here is bowie public library. how is it going? >> people are motivated to vote.
but chris christie also wants to advance chris christie. new jersey is a lot for obama -- is a lock for obama. nobody thinks it's going to vote for mitt romney and nowhere in this conversation he said the president has been outstanding. i talked to him three times. he is gushing over his admiration and i'm sure mitt romney would do the same thing. mitt romney is nowhere near mentioned in this whole thing. and so it allows the president to stand next to a republican and evoke bipartisanship and...
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and when they said governor chris christie would be joining us, i said absolutely. [cheers and applause] but before we hear from governor christie, it is my privilege to introduce our great lieutenant governor, virginia's chief jobs creation officer, bill. >> thank you, melissa. good afternoon, everybody. how are you doing? [cheers and applause] we are 18 days away from taking back america. [cheers and applause] so i want to ask you the only question that really matters. are you ready to win? audience: yes! are you ready to win? audience: yes! >> you have to do better than that. are you ready to win? audience: yes! that's better. let me do a couple of real quick thank yous, and then we will get governor christie up here to say a few words. i want to thank the balls. melissa ball and the entire ball family have been so supportive of the governor, of me and of small business, of the nfib, of everything we have tried to do. but it is above and beyond the call of duty to open up your office in the middle of a beautiful friday afternoon and have 500 of your closest frien
and when they said governor chris christie would be joining us, i said absolutely. [cheers and applause] but before we hear from governor christie, it is my privilege to introduce our great lieutenant governor, virginia's chief jobs creation officer, bill. >> thank you, melissa. good afternoon, everybody. how are you doing? [cheers and applause] we are 18 days away from taking back america. [cheers and applause] so i want to ask you the only question that really matters. are you ready to...
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uc barack obama cancelling his campaign, going to new jersey, and meeting with chris christie, a republican. most people in the u.s. he has done a good job. he was talking with the army corps as engineers. in that regard, it has helped, getting all the face time on the television when you don't see much of mitt romney. >> it has been striking, hasn't it, to see him with the governor and listening to the two of them congratulate and thank each other in this campaign we have seen such bitter politics. to see a democrat and republican coming together like this. >> that is supposed to be the best of america, when there is a kind of bipartisan effort in a time of disaster. you see it exemplified by obama and christie today. this election is in a dead heat. polls give obama a slight edge. some of the other states are close. nobody knows what will happen. what we do know is that romney had a little bit of momentum. he was closing gaps, then everything stopped and the election was put on hold. president obama, you can feel the momentum on his side right now. we will have to see how the election pla
uc barack obama cancelling his campaign, going to new jersey, and meeting with chris christie, a republican. most people in the u.s. he has done a good job. he was talking with the army corps as engineers. in that regard, it has helped, getting all the face time on the television when you don't see much of mitt romney. >> it has been striking, hasn't it, to see him with the governor and listening to the two of them congratulate and thank each other in this campaign we have seen such...
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he can't do anything certainly for chris christie. going around with mitt romney and his secret service detail through the affected areas of new jersey would actually cause more problems and wouldn't help at all, whereas going around with the president helps him look at the damage really view it for himself. he can get something out of doing that with the president. i think romney unfortunately is the odd man out. >> and here are the words that chris christie can never say again in this campaign. he said this just 11 days ago in virginia. let's listen to this. >> anything in his life, so the president doesn't know how to lead. i mean, watch what he's been like for the past four years. he's like a man wandering around a dark room. hands up against the wall, clutching for the light switch of leadership. and he just can't find it. he won't find it in the next 18 days. >> steve, he's just erased every statement like that that he's made and he made a lot of them over the last couple months. >> yeah. you're seeing, to pick up on joy's point
he can't do anything certainly for chris christie. going around with mitt romney and his secret service detail through the affected areas of new jersey would actually cause more problems and wouldn't help at all, whereas going around with the president helps him look at the damage really view it for himself. he can get something out of doing that with the president. i think romney unfortunately is the odd man out. >> and here are the words that chris christie can never say again in this...
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i think chris christie has his own ambitions. he also is governor of a state that is in crisis, and he wants to work with the president of the united states, and he wants to have cooperation and he wants for it to go well. i think i disagree with steve because i think that president obama is not really doing a lot. he's not -- he might be able to meet with people here and there, but he's not able to campaign through these waning days, not able to get his obama supporters out to become obama voters again is a real detriment to his chances of winning. it was always based on the turnout model. mitt romney has been winning over new voters. mitt romney has momentum. that might be on pause right now, but the intensity is on the republican side. people are going to go vote against barack obama for mitt romney even if they don't like mitt romney. the democrats are not feeling that way and if they're out of power and they had to pay to go to a hotel and life is tough comes tuesday, and it's inconvenient, they might not show up, and i don'
i think chris christie has his own ambitions. he also is governor of a state that is in crisis, and he wants to work with the president of the united states, and he wants to have cooperation and he wants for it to go well. i think i disagree with steve because i think that president obama is not really doing a lot. he's not -- he might be able to meet with people here and there, but he's not able to campaign through these waning days, not able to get his obama supporters out to become obama...
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also, don't forget that chris christie, if i can be political for a second, in the midst of this, chris christie is git who gave the keynote address at the republican convention. chris christie has had nothing so far, nothing but good things to say about the president. that's nothing the president needs to talk about. that's nothing any of his aides or advisers or campaign people need to talk about, but it won't go unnoticed, as chuck says, in this media environment. >> let's listen to what governor new jersey of chris christie had to say on the "today" show and on "morning joe." >> i was on midnight last night with the president. personally. he has expa dieted new jersey as a major disaster area. the president has been outstanding in this. the president has been all over of this and he deserves great credit. i've been on the phone with him, yesterday personally three times. he gave me his number at the white house, told me to call him if i needed anything. he absolutely means it. >> that's great. >> it's been very good. it's been very good working with the president. and his administra
also, don't forget that chris christie, if i can be political for a second, in the midst of this, chris christie is git who gave the keynote address at the republican convention. chris christie has had nothing so far, nothing but good things to say about the president. that's nothing the president needs to talk about. that's nothing any of his aides or advisers or campaign people need to talk about, but it won't go unnoticed, as chuck says, in this media environment. >> let's listen to...
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. >> as chris christie said when you are complaining about the press, you are usually behind. i mean i'm paraphrasing. this is an outgrowth of the liberal media allegation. the press is out to get. republicans. so they have branched out and made it bigger and better in their minds. now pollsters have become part of this vast conspiracy. the liberal media has gotten all of these independent pollsters to cook their books. they even have the fox news pollster, and today rasmussen has obama up three points. so now they have everybody. it really is a vast conspiracy because no matter what direction you turn there's just more proof that it's nonsense. i mentioned the murdoch, wall street journal poll. they have done nine swing-state polls, and obama has won all of them. that tells you obama is probably doing pretty well in those states. you don't need these dilutional fantasy. but that's where the right-wing is. >> jennifer: we did a bit of this on the show on friday to look at the polls and look at the fox news polls too, which also said that obama was ahead, that left-wing rag. bu
. >> as chris christie said when you are complaining about the press, you are usually behind. i mean i'm paraphrasing. this is an outgrowth of the liberal media allegation. the press is out to get. republicans. so they have branched out and made it bigger and better in their minds. now pollsters have become part of this vast conspiracy. the liberal media has gotten all of these independent pollsters to cook their books. they even have the fox news pollster, and today rasmussen has obama...
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chris christie, all right, chris christie doesn't like me. roll the tape. >> why haven't you appeared on the roiferl o'reilly factor? [ laughter ] >> because i don't want to. >> why? >> because lots of shows i could go on i don't choose to go on that show. the governor has done a lot of shows. >> bill: you live in new jersey. >> yes, i do. i loved him. >> bill: but he hates me. >> love the operative word. >> bill: never met him. never talked to him. i don't make fun of him here. >> you have not even stood up for him. you defended him. when you were on gma last year i think it was. you were talking about when maybe he was going to run for president and it was being ban teed about. you said he shouldn't run for president focus on new jersey not because he is not ready you didn't say that you said because it's too late in the game to get the campaign going and be too much. the money raised too much. i mean, you sit up -- when he was getting flack for travel expenses when he was a prosecutor. you actually went after eric holder. i have no idea wh
chris christie, all right, chris christie doesn't like me. roll the tape. >> why haven't you appeared on the roiferl o'reilly factor? [ laughter ] >> because i don't want to. >> why? >> because lots of shows i could go on i don't choose to go on that show. the governor has done a lot of shows. >> bill: you live in new jersey. >> yes, i do. i loved him. >> bill: but he hates me. >> love the operative word. >> bill: never met him. never talked...
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going ahead. >> chris christie is speaking truth the other day. i don't like the expectations game very much. mitt romney is behind. what chris christie said, not the part about how it it's going to be a whole new race the next day, but saying this matters for mitt romney. and, you know, we've been talking about it for two weeks now. the romney campaign knows they are on the wrong side of the battleground polling, they're -- we've seen a little tightening in some of the national polling in the couple days. he has to move the needle in some way. it's not unprecedented in the history of presidential politics but there's a -- this race looks a lot like -- i have people annal guising it to the bob dole/bill clinton race in 1996 and by the time you got to the first dough bait in that -- debate in that race, they said they were abandoning dole, a slightly accelerated schedule of desperation and people bailing out, but it was a similar path. dole came in and the only possible way he was going to win if clinton had a heart attack on stage or intern wander
going ahead. >> chris christie is speaking truth the other day. i don't like the expectations game very much. mitt romney is behind. what chris christie said, not the part about how it it's going to be a whole new race the next day, but saying this matters for mitt romney. and, you know, we've been talking about it for two weeks now. the romney campaign knows they are on the wrong side of the battleground polling, they're -- we've seen a little tightening in some of the national polling...
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president obama scheduled to jersey today and will with new jersey governor chris christie. the president also will talk folks recovering and to thank someance of the first responders. nationwide, gas prices dropped after the storm. average for a is $3.52. that is down for pennies from yesterday. 11 cents lower than a week ago. -- down 4 pennies from yesterday. get finally starting to following days of cancellations from hurricane audrey d.c. area airports philadelphiaston, flights coming in and out. is a different story. , completely under water, the runway. todayk did open with limited schedules. it is expected to get back to york by friday. amtrak trains are still not york city.o new there will be some service d.c. and new orleans and between d.c. and miami. from d.c. to chicago and vermont are cancelled today. officials continuing to assess the damage. >> tomorrow night the stars will gather in asheville for the cma awards. have the honor of carrie to the hosts, underwood and brad paisley. you are both nominated for awards. what is more nerve wracking, hosting or being u
president obama scheduled to jersey today and will with new jersey governor chris christie. the president also will talk folks recovering and to thank someance of the first responders. nationwide, gas prices dropped after the storm. average for a is $3.52. that is down for pennies from yesterday. 11 cents lower than a week ago. -- down 4 pennies from yesterday. get finally starting to following days of cancellations from hurricane audrey d.c. area airports philadelphiaston, flights coming in...
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leaning state, a little bipartisan patina might do chris christie some good in 2013. lar larry, back to you. >> i totally agree with what you just said. >>> before sandy, romney was on a roll topping president obama in poll after poll. but in the wake of the devastating superstorm, did sandy stall romney's momentum? here now are keith boykins and robert costa, jonathan colegio. mr. costa, i go to you on the conservative side. i think that barack obama did himself a lot of good. >> barack obama has had a decent week because he's been presidential in handling of this crisis in new jersey and new york. but ha we still see from the romney campaign is he's competitive in pennsylvania. he's competitive in ohio. he's trying harder. did it shake up the narrative, sure, but it's a very close race. >> my pal keith boykins on the other side of the coin. it looks to me like romney has gone behind enemy lines. he's parachuting behind enemy lines in pennsylvania and in michigan and in wisconsin and in iowa. he could be in trouble, keith. >> pennsylvania hasn't voted for a republica
leaning state, a little bipartisan patina might do chris christie some good in 2013. lar larry, back to you. >> i totally agree with what you just said. >>> before sandy, romney was on a roll topping president obama in poll after poll. but in the wake of the devastating superstorm, did sandy stall romney's momentum? here now are keith boykins and robert costa, jonathan colegio. mr. costa, i go to you on the conservative side. i think that barack obama did himself a lot of good....
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that state's governor chris christie will join him for his tour. christie is one of the mitt romney's biggest supporters. he commended the president yesterday on his handling of the crisis in the northeast. businesses in the potomac river have cleaning up to do. this is video of high tide. several feet of water surrounding businesses in old town, alexandria. news 4's melissa mollet has been on the ground surveying some of that damage, looking at the water that has receded a bit but managed to creep back up. the expectation is the water is not quite done in old town. melissa mollet live with the latest. >> reporter: good morning, aaron. you're right. we've been talking with tom kierein, and he's saying we could get worse. we're obviously going to get worse at high tide at 10:06 and worse again at 10:30. tomorrow might be the day we're at five feet above normal. you might remember we were out here yesterday in morning and evening with the high tide area. an extension of the potomac river standing at 11:00 a.m. about six inches high. this entire area
that state's governor chris christie will join him for his tour. christie is one of the mitt romney's biggest supporters. he commended the president yesterday on his handling of the crisis in the northeast. businesses in the potomac river have cleaning up to do. this is video of high tide. several feet of water surrounding businesses in old town, alexandria. news 4's melissa mollet has been on the ground surveying some of that damage, looking at the water that has receded a bit but managed to...
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he was accompanied by new jersey governor chris christie. here they are in a photo just released by the white house within the past hour on marine one. the president said he will help. >> we are here for you and we will not forget, we will follow up to make sure that you get all the help that you need until you've rebuilt. >> the iconic boardwalk and seaside heights, new jersey, is just one of the places the president saw today. it's a landmark made famous by bruce springsteen, mtv and "the sopranos." this is before and after, to give you a sense of what's happened. it's not even all there. you can see the rides including the roller coaster have been washed away sitting in the ocean. michael holmes is just across the bay in toms river, new jersey. you were in seaside heights, you toured it, what did you see? >> reporter: we went right up and down a number of towns there, ocean beach, normandy, and we spent a couple of hours there with the local police chief and i can tell you, it was absolutely extraordinary, the amount of damage that was do
he was accompanied by new jersey governor chris christie. here they are in a photo just released by the white house within the past hour on marine one. the president said he will help. >> we are here for you and we will not forget, we will follow up to make sure that you get all the help that you need until you've rebuilt. >> the iconic boardwalk and seaside heights, new jersey, is just one of the places the president saw today. it's a landmark made famous by bruce springsteen, mtv...
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governor new jersey chris christie is going head-to-head. it forced ncaa to relocate six national championship events out of new jersey. to give the lowdown, sports attorney steve ol' nick. thanks for joining us. >> thanks for having me. sandra: i'm assuming everybody at home is confused as i am. how does this betting on the games affect the integrity of the came or the sport itself? >> well i think it is a great question. this is what we're going to have to actually see. justice good man right now has opposed with the court order to actually see the documents where the leagues and the ncaa essentially have to bring out and show over the last 10 years now what they do in terms of fantasy sports, in terms of any type of polls, office pools, anything of such documentation, whereby they can potentially, the state, see whether there was a nexus between gambling and actually amateurism in the state in terms of the body and what not. so it will be interesting to see what actual documents are actually put forth and then, what we'll be able to do is
governor new jersey chris christie is going head-to-head. it forced ncaa to relocate six national championship events out of new jersey. to give the lowdown, sports attorney steve ol' nick. thanks for joining us. >> thanks for having me. sandra: i'm assuming everybody at home is confused as i am. how does this betting on the games affect the integrity of the came or the sport itself? >> well i think it is a great question. this is what we're going to have to actually see. justice...
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christy. >>> you heard it there and that is probably one of the most quoted clips. >> mitt romney sharing his desire to cut funding for pbs and its beloved character, big bird, of course. the obama campaign is out with a new tv ad going out with the line. >> gluttons of greed and the even genius who towered over them. one man has the guts to speak his name. >> big bird, big third, big bird. >> it's me, big bird. >> big, yellow, a menace to our economy. mitt romney knows it's not wall street you have to worry about, it'ses is me street. >> i'm going to stop the subsidy to pbs. >> reporter: mitt romney taking on the enemies no matter what is next. >> and theysho pictures of corrupt financial figures and big board -- bird. the makers of sesame street are unhappy and asked the obama campaign to remove big bird and that they non-parse sap and don't participate in political campaigns. >>> wrapping up a campaign in loudoun county, and that is's huge focus. beth has more. >> reporter: michelle obama is just wrapping up her speech here. i don't know if we're going to get drowned out. but she came
christy. >>> you heard it there and that is probably one of the most quoted clips. >> mitt romney sharing his desire to cut funding for pbs and its beloved character, big bird, of course. the obama campaign is out with a new tv ad going out with the line. >> gluttons of greed and the even genius who towered over them. one man has the guts to speak his name. >> big bird, big third, big bird. >> it's me, big bird. >> big, yellow, a menace to our economy....
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apparently new jersey governor chris christie didn't get the memo that romney sucks at this. >> i think you will see the numbers start to move right back in the other direction. >> in whole race will be turned upside down come thursday morning. >> what are you doing, christi? >> for god's sake if romney fails to meet those heavy expectations he will lose the general election creating chaos in the republican party and leave out 2016 -- oh! >> the jersey is strong in this one. >> so all these guys to have a mild familiarity with the english language and it is considered a win. can we hear from someone not affiliated with the campaigns, what their expectation might be? >> both men have a monumental undertaking for the first debate, one of them has to come off as nicer and less air began than he really is and the other has to be zero more normal and lestrange than he really is. >> jon: then how did we end up with these two idiots? look, we are not looking for coherent ideology, americans are just looking for assurance the next president isn't going to be a weirdo. who thinks she better than
apparently new jersey governor chris christie didn't get the memo that romney sucks at this. >> i think you will see the numbers start to move right back in the other direction. >> in whole race will be turned upside down come thursday morning. >> what are you doing, christi? >> for god's sake if romney fails to meet those heavy expectations he will lose the general election creating chaos in the republican party and leave out 2016 -- oh! >> the jersey is strong in...
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new jersey governor chris christie has viewed the damage. listen now to him. >> the pier where the rides where i took my kids this august before the republican convention, where i got in that famous yelling match with the guy with my ice cream cone, these rides are in the atlantic ocean. the roller coaster that all of them rhode on this summer, it almost looks like the pier came out from underneath it and it just fell onto the ocean floor and stayed almost fully constructed. it was an overwhelming afternoon for me emotionally as a kid who was born and raised in this state and who spent a lot of time over my life, both my childhood and my adult life at the jersey shore. we'll rebuild it. no question in my mind we'll rebuild it. but for those of us who are my age it won't be the same. >> reporter: it will never be the same. seaside heights by the way is a barrier island connected by a bridge which is now mostly underwater as are many of the homes in that area, and as the water begins to recede a bit authorities are scrambling to go house to ho
new jersey governor chris christie has viewed the damage. listen now to him. >> the pier where the rides where i took my kids this august before the republican convention, where i got in that famous yelling match with the guy with my ice cream cone, these rides are in the atlantic ocean. the roller coaster that all of them rhode on this summer, it almost looks like the pier came out from underneath it and it just fell onto the ocean floor and stayed almost fully constructed. it was an...
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new jersey governor chris christie said yesterday that it sorrow but that today would be a start of recovery. touring newama is jersey to see the devastation firsthand. atood morning washington" 5:00 a.m. starts now. >> live and in hd, this is "good morning washington," on your side. >> glad you're with us. its october 31. i am steve chenevey. >> i am cynne simpson. most schools are open on time, has a two-hour schools and loudoun s on a one-hour delay. r crofton elementary school in arlington is closed. >> keep an eye on the top of screen for any last-minute changes. meantime, our forecast on wednesday, with jacqui jeras. >> still a lingering impact from sandy. we will see that today in the today.cloud cover also, temperatures much cooler today. average byy below degrees throughout much of the next seven days. river flooding remains a heightened concern as several rivers breached their banks in .he viewing area be receding tomorrow .nd friday we have some sprinkles across parts of the west in culpeper county and front royal. you might see a few little snowflak mixing in, but no big deal. co
new jersey governor chris christie said yesterday that it sorrow but that today would be a start of recovery. touring newama is jersey to see the devastation firsthand. atood morning washington" 5:00 a.m. starts now. >> live and in hd, this is "good morning washington," on your side. >> glad you're with us. its october 31. i am steve chenevey. >> i am cynne simpson. most schools are open on time, has a two-hour schools and loudoun s on a one-hour delay. r...
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we have had chris christie. we have another wonderful governor here with us today in susanna martinez. i am so thrilled to have susanna with us. [applause] governor martinez understands what a tough race is. she understands what a tough race is, how tough it is in nevada to move this same agenda forward. i know what a tough race is, she knows what a tough races, governor romneya tough race is. to have everybody coming together like this. making the necessary changes in mexico, moving in mexico ford will move america forward. -- mexico -- new mexico forward will move america forward. >> his thank you. elcome. mpa we will not take a defeat, we will win this election. that last debate to between the president and mitt romney, what an amazing difference. when you do not have a record to run on, you do not have a whole lot to say. that is what is in play. government -- governor romney had a record, he was strong, he was successful as governor, how he turned to stay around. 87% of his legislators were democrats, and h
we have had chris christie. we have another wonderful governor here with us today in susanna martinez. i am so thrilled to have susanna with us. [applause] governor martinez understands what a tough race is. she understands what a tough race is, how tough it is in nevada to move this same agenda forward. i know what a tough race is, she knows what a tough races, governor romneya tough race is. to have everybody coming together like this. making the necessary changes in mexico, moving in mexico...
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what sort of message does it send to see chris christie, a huge romney surrogate, there arm-in-arm, giving the compliments and praise back and forth with president obama. >> reporter: you heard the governor yesterday in blunt terms. quite frankly, he could not give a damn n his words, about this electi right now. we're on unchartered territory right now. there was a suspension of campaigning for a brief time back in 2008 as both candidate obama and candidate mccain went back to the white house to deal with the debt crisis and the banking crisis, but we have never seen this before, you know, six days out from election day. the president of the united states, the incumbent campaigning for a second term literally suspend operations on his campaign for 48 hours. the romney campaign has been trying to do the best they can in this situation to not say anything that could be termed inconvenience or challenging. mitt romney didn't mention president obama's name at this point. the stakes that the president is dealing with now, those are strong territories for the obama campaign: delaware, new jerse
what sort of message does it send to see chris christie, a huge romney surrogate, there arm-in-arm, giving the compliments and praise back and forth with president obama. >> reporter: you heard the governor yesterday in blunt terms. quite frankly, he could not give a damn n his words, about this electi right now. we're on unchartered territory right now. there was a suspension of campaigning for a brief time back in 2008 as both candidate obama and candidate mccain went back to the white...
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i think all that chris christie, all that was missing from the interview was a christie 2016 t-shirt. he's the worst surrogate ever. >> or maybe the best. >> i don't know. i think it is true that the stakes are higher for mitt romney. what the president wants is stays is. if the race remains as it is now he's in good shape. romney needs a big moment and the risk is he'll push too hard to get it. he'll have the zingers in mind understanding he needs it to be a big moment he'll try too hard and come across poorly to the audience. your earlier discussion the few people who say they're undecided what they say they want, we make fun of the undecided, but to a person they almost say they want is specifics. i need to know what this person is going to do. the pressure is on romney are multiple. he has to give enough specifics so undecideds can understand his plans without really telling people what he wants to do because it's unpopular? >> in another life i would like to come back as an undecided voter from ohio. >> that's it. >> the bottom line is, that the lack of specificity offered by rom
i think all that chris christie, all that was missing from the interview was a christie 2016 t-shirt. he's the worst surrogate ever. >> or maybe the best. >> i don't know. i think it is true that the stakes are higher for mitt romney. what the president wants is stays is. if the race remains as it is now he's in good shape. romney needs a big moment and the risk is he'll push too hard to get it. he'll have the zingers in mind understanding he needs it to be a big moment he'll try...
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we're talking about chris christie, the outspoken governor of new jersey. so take a listen in his own words. >> here's the great news for republicans, we have a candidate who is going to do extraordinarily well on wednesday night. the first time he has the opportunity to stand on the same stage with the president of the united states and the first time a majority of the people who are going to vote in this race will have an opportunity to make that direct comparison and see the two of them. and when they do, i've seen mitt romney do this before. he's going to come in wednesday night, lay out his vision for america, he's going to contrast what his view is with what the president's record is and the president's view for the future. and this whole race is going to be turned upside down come thursday morning. >> wait, wait, mr. christie, the whole idea is to lower the bar for your candidate, not raise the bar. chris christie does whatever he wants. but he did bring up a good point, the idea of contrast. they want to show the contrast, the choice between what mi
we're talking about chris christie, the outspoken governor of new jersey. so take a listen in his own words. >> here's the great news for republicans, we have a candidate who is going to do extraordinarily well on wednesday night. the first time he has the opportunity to stand on the same stage with the president of the united states and the first time a majority of the people who are going to vote in this race will have an opportunity to make that direct comparison and see the two of...
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the state's governor, chris christie will join him on the tour. he commended the presint yesterday on his handling of this crisis. >>> new today, fires sparked by sandy rekindled in a new jersey shore time. multiple fires fueled by natural gas lines. not far from seaside heights. 14 homes were destroyed by the fire in the town. firefighters can't reach the scene because the road is impassable. an obstacle rescue crews are running up and down the coast. daniele has more on the clean up efforts. >> reporter: from the garden state to the city that never sleeps, an entire coastline is waking up to ea rlty caused by hurricane sandy. >> the scariest thing i have been through. >> reporter: homes that ripped from their foundation are standing. in seaside heights, pieces of the popular funtown float in the ocean. >> we are lucky we are here today. >> reporter: homeowners hope floodwaters will recede. >> i have never seen anything like this before. >> reporter: first responders are trying to rescue victims cut off by the surge. >> it came up very fast. i lo
the state's governor, chris christie will join him on the tour. he commended the presint yesterday on his handling of this crisis. >>> new today, fires sparked by sandy rekindled in a new jersey shore time. multiple fires fueled by natural gas lines. not far from seaside heights. 14 homes were destroyed by the fire in the town. firefighters can't reach the scene because the road is impassable. an obstacle rescue crews are running up and down the coast. daniele has more on the clean up...
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president obama visits new jersey touring the devastated shore region with governor chris christie. the scenes and pictures are chilling and it's like this along the shorelines. the amusements of the jersey shore are down the list of casualties: homes, boats, businesses and lives were lost to the storm. >> the destruction is so totaled in so many places that it's a different experience than we have scene before. >> reporter: residents can't believe that part of their legendary boardwalk is now gone. meanwhile, in neighboring new york, the hustle and bustle of the big apple is slowly coming back after sandy brought the metropolitan hub to a halt. governor cuomo announcing limited train services would start up a day after the city buses were on the road. >> there will be more service literally on a day-by-day basis as the mta is working through this. >> reporter: areas of lower manhattan are flooded with corosive sea water. as people assess the damage in the queen's neighborhood where more than 100 homes were destroyed by a massive fire during the storm. because of the downed power li
president obama visits new jersey touring the devastated shore region with governor chris christie. the scenes and pictures are chilling and it's like this along the shorelines. the amusements of the jersey shore are down the list of casualties: homes, boats, businesses and lives were lost to the storm. >> the destruction is so totaled in so many places that it's a different experience than we have scene before. >> reporter: residents can't believe that part of their legendary...
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chris christie, a new bff to the president. big difference, big ton-around from the christie that gave the keynote at the rnc. who does this benefit? >> it helps them both. it's like a bromance. it helps christie seem to be bipartisan on things that matter most to new jersey. when you're a governor, these kind of disaster responses are job one. this is what you are judged on. and for barack obama who's always had this desire to have a bipartisan agreement, he's tried it and gotten nowhere with congress, being able to have a republican governor really praise him and work with him and be seen with him and to be helping each other and cooperating is good for his brand. >> i was going to say the images come in, we continue to be shocked by them. just when we see some of the worst, we continue to see images that surprise us. people in new jersey, while resilient, are certain low very vulnerable right now. knowing that they have got a friend in the white house is a very good thing. chip, new york city mayor michael bloomberg admitted
chris christie, a new bff to the president. big difference, big ton-around from the christie that gave the keynote at the rnc. who does this benefit? >> it helps them both. it's like a bromance. it helps christie seem to be bipartisan on things that matter most to new jersey. when you're a governor, these kind of disaster responses are job one. this is what you are judged on. and for barack obama who's always had this desire to have a bipartisan agreement, he's tried it and gotten nowhere...
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christie, problems with weight. this is a quote. cease being a private matter when he stepped into the public arena and it's not something you can fail to notice. and then it goes on to say, furthermore, the op-ed, it was in the "washington post," a paper seen internationally, even at one point the author said he wanted to offer advice to governor christie, eat a salad and take a walk. okay. so governor christie -- >> that's glib. that's so glib, don. >> he uses his platform -- >> if only it were that simple. >> he didn't accuse anyone of bullying him. >> especially in "the expendables" where they're all built like brick outhouses. >> they're all in great shape. >> if you all got in a room together and had a fight, "the expendables," who would win? a real fight, straight fight. >> whatever the director says. >> sylvester stallone, sly's been a very good friend of yours for a very long time. most saturdays in beverly hills you go to the same cafe and you have lunch. he's told me it's very competitive. one turns up wi
christie, problems with weight. this is a quote. cease being a private matter when he stepped into the public arena and it's not something you can fail to notice. and then it goes on to say, furthermore, the op-ed, it was in the "washington post," a paper seen internationally, even at one point the author said he wanted to offer advice to governor christie, eat a salad and take a walk. okay. so governor christie -- >> that's glib. that's so glib, don. >> he uses his...